ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
HEALTH PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK 2017 REPORT

16 January 2019

Demographic context - Figure 42

A minor correction was made to the source cited for Figure 42, reflecting the figure was based on AIHW analysis of ABS population estimates.

1.08 - Figure 1.08-6

A minor correction was made to the shading to clarify incidence of bowel cancer among females.

18 May 2018

AIHW analysis of National Hospital Morbidity 2013-2015 data for NT and ACT

Corrections have been made to state-specific AIHW analysis of National Hospital Morbidity 2013-2015 data for NT and ACT in Figure 1.02-2, Figure 1.03-4, Figure 1.04-3 and Figure 3.10- 4.

Corrections have been made in the respective measures to the following sentences (changes in bold):

1.02 - Top reasons for hospitalisation

“Among Indigenous Australians, the highest hospitalisation rate was in the NT (517 per 1,000 population) followed by WA (470 per 1,000 population). The difference between Indigenous and non-Indigenous hospitalisation rates was highest in the NT (209 per 1,000 population) followed by WA (139 per 1,000 population).”

1.04 - Respiratory disease

“Hospitalisation rates for respiratory diseases were highest in NT (64 per 1,000) and WA (53 per 1,000).”

2.07 - Figure 2.07-5

A correction was made to National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey labour force data for 2004-05 in Figure 2.07-5.

 

Indigenous status	Labour force status	Per cent
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	Employed	51
	Unemployed	9
	Not in the labour force	40
Non-Indigenous Australians	Employed	74
	Unemployed	3
	Not in the labour force	22

2.10 - Community safety

A correction was been made to the following sentence regarding age standardised hospitalisations for assault: “In the NT, rates for Indigenous females were 62 times the rates for non-Indigenous females."

3.15 – Access to prescription medicines

Figure 3.15-3

A correction was made to Section 100 calculations in the AIHW 2013-14 health expenditure data.

Indigenous status	Remoteness area	Section 100 Expenditure/person ($)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	Major cities	-
	Inner/outer regional	-
	Remote/very remote	231
	Total	48
Non-Indigenous Australians	Major cities	-
	Inner/outer regional	-
	Remote/very remote	12
	Total	0.2

A correction was made to the following sentence:

“In 2013-14, benefit-paid pharmaceutical expenditures for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were $131 per person in major cities, $137 for inner and outer regional areas and $305 for remote and very remote areas.”

3.21 – Expenditure on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health compared to need

Figure 3.21.6

A correction was made to the PBS expenditure calculation for selected health services in the AIHW 2013-14 health expenditure data.

Indigenous status	Remoteness area	PBS – benefits paid expenditure/person ($)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples	Major cities	131
	Inner/outer regional	137
	Remote/very remote	305
	Total	170
Non-Indigenous Australians	Major cities	325
	Inner/outer regional	420
	Remote/very remote	265
	Total	349

A correction was made to the following sentence:

“For the main health programmes, in 2013–14, expenditures were an estimated $7,604 per Indigenous Australian in remote and very remote areas compared with $3,991 in outer and inner regional areas and $3,987 in major cities.”

Technical Appendix – Figure 3.14-2

Additional information has been added to the technical appendix for Figure 3.14-2 to explain the use of rebasing of data in the time series.

19 December 2017

Removed link to hardcopy online order form from all report pages.

26 October 2017

Figure 20, Figure 21 and Figure 2.15-5 were removed from the report, including respective text referenced in paragraphs.

A new page (this page) was added to show a history of changes made to the report since it was published.

7 September 2017

A number of hyperlinks were updated to include the new website links to AIHW’s detailed analyses.

30 May 2017

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2017 Report was released.

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